The Raptors keep on rolling, even though their play is not exactly conducive to post-season success.

One of these days, greater attention on defence must be paid, better starts must be forged and more looks down low must be initiated.

Until then, the Raptors can find ways against sub-standard teams to produce wins as they continue to take aim on the Atlantic Division title.

With Kyle Lowry back in the lineup and playing like an all-star, with Jonas Valanciunas having a career scoring night and enough complementary pieces making plays on either end of the floor, the Raptors were able to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers, 125-114.

Way too many points were surrendered and not enough stops made, too may blow-bys, vulnerable on the perimeter, areas the Raptors need to somehow address by the time the playoffs arrive next weekend or face the real possibility of a one-and-done post-season.

With four games left in the regular season, home court is a definite possibility, a mere formality with Brooklyn dropping its game to the host Magic.

Toronto’s magic number to clinch the Atlantic and earn home court is now one, a title the franchise can earn for the second time in franchise history by as early as Friday when the desperate Knicks come to town.

Toronto also has the tiebreaker with Brooklyn, but that seems irrelevant given how easy the Raptors schedule is in the remaining four tips.

New York will heave shots from anywhere on the floor, something the Raptors must contain.

Active in the paint, assertive when he got touches, Valanciunas showed no signs of any lingering emotional effects stemming from his impaired driving incident earlier in the week.

Given the very nature of sports, it’s probably no surprise Valanciunas did not skip a beat, finding comfort on the court, a haven of sorts for whatever real-life issue any player has to deal with, let alone Valanciunas, whose stupid decision he’ll have to deal with and learn from as he continues to develop.

Against the Sixers, he was dunking when he carved his spot in the post, rolling to the basket and finishing, Valanciunas would finish with 17 first-half points and seven rebounds as the Raptors would post a season-high 68 points.

He would finish with 26 points and 12 rebounds.

“Solid,’’ began head coach Dwane Casey of J.V.’s play. “I don’t know if it had anything to do with his off-court mishap, but I liked his focus, I liked his intensity. He was engaged, no ill-effects whatsoever.”

There was a lot of good being produced on offence, at one point the Raptors leading by 13 points, but the team’s biggest issue was on defence, a unit that yielded 60 first-half points.

There weren’t many stops, too many easy lanes to the hole and the basic principle of stopping the ball was a complete afterthought.

Philly fields a roster of veritable no-name, a D-league lineup with one or two legitimate players.

It was almost laughable how the Raptors played defence, unable to contain the dribble, disinterested in running shooters off the three-point line and no rim protection.

Last Saturday night in Milwaukee, the Bucks ran roughshod in the opening half, prompting Raptors head coach Dwane Casey to dub his team’s first-half play as ‘‘crap.’’

It wasn’t any better against the Sixers.

In fact, it was worse.

“Our defence has to step up,’’ said Casey, who had his playoff game face on, an approach his players must now embrace. “We can’t expect to outscore people 125-114, have a game like that and continue.

“It’s a mind-set. You can’t look at the records. We got to play our game and look to improve.”

Numbers aside, it was how lackadaisical the Raptors went about their business on defence that was stunning.

It’s as though the Raptors think they can turn on some switch and suddenly bring a defensive intensity to the table that forces turnovers, missed shots or even contested shots.

With the post-season drawing closer and closer, tightening up things on defence has to be the biggest priority with this group.

Another concern is how the Raptors start games, this time allowing a Philly team to score 28 first-quarter points.

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The Raptors keep on rolling, even though their play is not exactly conducive to post-season success.

One of these days, greater attention on defence must be paid, better starts must be forged and more looks down low must be initiated.

Until then, the Raptors can find ways against sub-standard teams to produce wins as they continue to take aim on the Atlantic Division title.

With Kyle Lowry back in the lineup and playing like an all-star, with Jonas Valanciunas having a career scoring night and enough complementary pieces making plays on either end of the floor, the Raptors were able to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers, 125-114.

Way too many points were surrendered and not enough stops made, areas the Raptors need to somehow address by the time the playoffs arrive next weekend.

With four games left in the regular season, home court is a definite possibility, a near reality with Brooklyn dropping its game to the host Magic.